[CentOS] Yum not updating kernel

[Ray Van Dolson]

On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 06:30:38AM -0500, Ed Donahue wrote:
> OK, that worked for me
> 
>     yum clean all
>     yum --disablerepo=\* --enablerepo=updates update
> 
> Should this be done on a weekly/monthly basis? " yum clean all"
> 
> Or are my repos messed up?
> 
> 
> repo id         repo name                           status          priority
> =======         =========                           ======          ========
> extras          CentOS-5 - Extras                   enabled         1
> base            CentOS-5 - Base                     enabled         1
> addons          CentOS-5 - Addons                   enabled         1
> c5-media        CentOS-5 - Media                    disabled        2
> centosplus      CentOS-5 - Plus                     disabled        2
> adobe-linux-i38 Adobe Systems Incorporated          enabled         11
> kbs-CentOS-Extr CentOS.Karan.Org-EL5 - Stable       enabled         12
> rpmforge        Red Hat Enterprise 5 - RPMforge.net enabled         15
> updates         CentOS-5 - Updates                  enabled         99
> c5-testing      CentOS-5 Testing                    disabled        99
> 
> I'm guessing updates should be priority 1 instead of 99?

No, you shouldn't need to run that really ever, but it can be helpful
if yum gets "funky" (and it does seem to from time to time).

Also, yeah, your updates should be the same priority as the base.

Ray